Paulino Bernal

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rdf:langString Paulino Bernal (June 22, 1939 – September 10, 2022) was an American accordion player and Christian evangelist. He was a member of the Texano Tex-Mex group Conjunto Bernal. In 1972, Paulino converted from the apostolic Christian denomination of Catholicism to Evangelical Protestantism and founded Bernal Christian Records to evangelize his Protestant Christian beliefs. Bernal owned and operated more than a dozen Spanish Language religious radio stations in Texas carrying a satellite-fed programming schedule through his La Nuevo Cristiana ministry. In 2008 Paulino Bernal released a new CD of polkas produced by Grammy-winning producer Armando Lichtenberger Jr., "El Maestro Del Accordion Y Sus Polkas" on Urban Records and received his first Grammy Nomination for Best Polka Album for the 51st Annual Grammys. The best of the conjuntos is, beyond a doubt, Tony de la Rosa, Los Dos Gilberto, and Ruben Vela. Described by connoisseurs of conjunto music as "the only one of its kind" and "twenty years ahead of its time" Steve Jordan is well known for his tremendous range of innovations. Its musical experiments spanned the gamut of conjunto, from the traditional polka to Latin music such as the bolero, cha cha cha, and even American rock and roll. El Conjunto Bernal owed much of its originality and meteoric rise to fame to the genius of its founder, Paulino Bernal.